S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-79.264.A.1

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-79.264.A.1 - Purpose, scope and applicability

(a) The purpose of this regulation is to establish minimum State standards which define the acceptable management of hazardous waste.

(b) The standards in this regulation apply to owners and operators of all facilities which treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste, except as specifically provided otherwise in R.61-79.261 or 264.

(c) The requirements of this regulation apply to a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of ocean disposal subject to a permit issued under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act only to the extent they are included under R.61-79.270, in a RCRA-type permit.

[Comment: These R.61-79.264 regulations apply to the treatment or storage of hazardous waste before it is loaded onto an ocean vessel for incineration or disposal at sea.]

(d) The requirements of this regulation apply to a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of underground injection subject to a permit issued under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) RegulationsR.61-87 only to the extent required by R.61-79.270.60(b)(b) and 44-55-10 et seq.

[Comment: These R.61-79.264 regulations apply to the aboveground treatment or storage of hazardous waste before it is injected underground.]

(e) The requirements of this regulation apply to the owner or operator of a POTW which treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste only to the extent they are included in a permit by rule granted to such a person under R.61-79.270.

(f) [Reserved]

(g) The requirements of this regulation do not apply to:

(1) The owner or operator of a facility permitted, licensed, or registered by the Department to manage municipal or industrial solid waste, if the only hazardous waste the facility treats, stores, or disposes of is excluded under R.61-79.262.14;

(2) The owner or operator of a facility managing recyclable materials described in R.61-79.261.6 (a)(2), (3), and (4) (except to the extent that requirements of this subpart are referred to in R.61-79.107.279 or subparts C, F, G, or H of 266). (12/93)

(3) A generator accumulating waste onsite in compliance with R.61-79.262.14, 262.15, 262.16, or 262.17;

(4) A farmer disposing of waste pesticides from his own use in compliance with R.61-79.262.70; or

(5) The owner or operator of a totally enclosed treatment facility,. as defined in R.61-79.260.10;

(6) The owner or operator of an elementary neutralization unit or a wastewater treatment unit as defined in R.61-79.260.10, provided that if the owner or operator is diluting hazardous ignitable (D001) wastes (other than the D001 High TOC Subcategory defined in 268.40, Table Treatment Standards for Hazardous Wastes), or reactive (D003) waste, to remove the characteristic before land disposal, the owner/operator must comply with the requirements set out in 264.17(b). (revised 12/93; 5/96)

(7) [Reserved]

(8)

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (g)(8)(ii) of this section , a person engaged in treatment or containment activities during immediate response to any of the following situations:

(A) A discharge of a hazardous waste;

(B) An imminent and substantial threat of a discharge of hazardous waste;

(C) A discharge of a material which, when discharged, becomes a hazardous waste;

(D) An immediate threat to human health, public safety, property, or the environment, from the known or suspected presence of military munitions, other explosive material, or an explosive device, as determined by an explosive or munitions emergency response specialist as defined in 260.10.

(ii) An owner or operator of a facility otherwise regulated by this regulation must comply with all applicable requirements of Subparts C and D.

(iii) Any person who is covered by paragraph (g)(8)(i) of this section and who continues or initiates hazardous waste treatment or containment activities after the immediate response is over is subject to all applicable requirements of this regulation and R.61-79.124 and R.61-79.270 for those activities.

(iv) In the case of an explosives or munitions emergency response, if a Federal, State, Tribal or local official acting within the scope of his or her official responsibilities, or an explosives or munitions emergency response specialist, determines that immediate removal of the material or waste is necessary to protect human health or the environment, that official or specialist may authorize the removal of the material or waste by transporters who do not have EPA identification numbers and without the preparation of a manifest. In the case of emergencies involving military munitions, the responding military emergency response specialist's organizational unit must retain records for three years identifying the dates of the response, the responsible persons responding, the type and description of material addressed, and its disposition.

(9) A transporter storing manifested shipments of hazardous waste in containers meeting the requirements of R.61-79.262.30 at a transfer facility for a period of ten days or less.

(10) The addition of absorbent material to waste in a container (as defined in R.61-79.260.10) or the addition of waste to absorbent material in a container, provided that these actions occur at the time waste is first placed in the container; and section s264.17(b)(b), 264.171 and 264.172 are complied with.

(11) Universal waste handlers and universal waste transporters (as defined in R.61-79.260.10) handling the wastes listed below. These handlers are subject to regulation under R.61-79.273, when handling the below listed universal wastes.

(i) Batteries as described in 273.2;

(ii) Pesticides as described in 273.3;

(iii) Mercury-containing equipment as described in 273.4;

(iv) Lamps as described in 273.5; and

(v) Aerosol cans as described in 273.6 of this chapter.

(12) [Reserved]

(13) Reverse distributors accumulating potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in section 266.500. Reverse distributors are subject to regulation under part 266, subpart P in lieu of this part for the accumulation of potentially creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

(h) The requirements of this part apply to owners or operators of all facilities which treat, store or dispose of hazardous wastes referred to in Part 268.

(i) section 266.205 of this chapter identifies when the requirements of this part apply to the storage of military munitions classified as solid waste under 266.202 of this chapter. The treatment and disposal of hazardous waste military munitions are subject to the applicable permitting, procedural, and technical standards in 260 through 270.

(j) The requirements of subparts B, C, and D of this part and 264.101 do not apply to remediation waste management sites. (However, some remediation waste management sites may be a part of a facility that is subject to a traditional RCRA permit because the facility is also treating, storing or disposing of hazardous wastes that are not remediation wastes. In these cases, Subparts B, C, and D of this part, and 264.101 do apply to the facility subject to the traditional RCRA permit.) Instead of the requirements of subparts B, C, and D of this part, owners or operators of remediation waste management sites must:

(1) Obtain an EPA identification number by applying to the Department using EPA Form 8700-12;

(2) Obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a representative sample of the hazardous remediation wastes to be managed at the site. At a minimum, the analysis must contain all of the information which must be known to treat, store or dispose of the waste according to this part and part 268 of this chapter, and must be kept accurate and up to date;

(3) Prevent people who are unaware of the danger from entering, and minimize the possibility for unauthorized people or livestock to enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate to the Department that:

(i) Physical contact with the waste, structures, or equipment within the active portion of the remediation waste management site will not injure people or livestock who may enter the active portion of the remediation waste management site; and

(ii) Disturbance of the waste or equipment by people or livestock who enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, will not cause a violation of the requirements of this part;

(4) Inspect the remediation waste management site for malfunctions, deterioration, operator errors, and discharges that may be causing, or may lead to, a release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment, or a threat to human health. The owner or operator must conduct these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before they harm human health or the environment, and must remedy the problem before it leads to a human health or environmental hazard. Where a hazard is imminent or has already occurred, the owner operator must take remedial action immediately;

(5) Provide personnel with classroom or on-the-job training on how to perform their duties in a way that ensures the remediation waste management site complies with the requirements of this part, and on how to respond effectively to emergencies;

(6) Take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste, and prevent threats to human health and the environment from ignitable, reactive and incompatible waste;

(7) For remediation waste management sites subject to regulation under subparts I through O and subpart X of this part, the owner/operator must design, construct, operate, and maintain a unit within a 100-year floodplain to prevent washout of any hazardous waste by a 100-year flood, unless the owner/operator can meet the demonstration of 264.18(b);

(8) Not place any non-containerized or bulk liquid hazardous waste in any salt dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine or cave;

(9) Develop and maintain a construction quality assurance program for all surface impoundments, waste piles and landfill units that are required to comply with 264.221(c) and (d), 264.251(c) and (d), and 264.301(c) and (d) at the remediation waste management site, according to the requirements of 264.19;

(10) Develop and maintain procedures to prevent accidents and a contingency and emergency plan to control accidents that occur. These procedures must address proper design, construction, maintenance, and operation of remediation waste management units at the site. The goal of the plan must be to minimize the possibility of, and the hazards from a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water that could threaten human health or the environment. The plan must explain specifically how to treat, store and dispose of the hazardous remediation waste in question, and must be implemented immediately whenever a fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment;

(11) Designate at least one employee, either on the facility premises or on call (that is, available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility quickly), to coordinate all emergency response measures. This emergency coordinator must be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of the facility's contingency plan, all operations and activities at the facility, the location and characteristics of waste handled, the location of all records within the facility, and the facility layout. In addition, this person must have the authority to commit the resources needed to carry out the contingency plan;

(12) Develop, maintain and implement a plan to meet the requirements in paragraphs (j)(2) through (j)(6) and (j)(9) through (j)(10) of this section ; and

(13) Maintain records documenting compliance with paragraphs (j)(1) through (j)(12) of this section .

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-79.264.A.1

Amended by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 1, eff January 24, 1986; State Register Volume 11, Issue No. 11, eff November 27, 1987; State Register Volume 14, Issue No. 11, eff November 23, 1990; State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 12, eff December 25, 1992; State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 12, eff December 24, 1993; State Register Volume 20, Issue No. 5, eff May 24, 1996; State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 9, Part 2, eff September 25, 1998; State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 8, eff August 25, 2000; State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 6, eff June 23, 2006; State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 6, eff June 22, 2007; State Register Volume 43, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/24/2019; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 11, eff. 11/27/2020; State Register Volume 45, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/28/2021; State Register Volume 46, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/27/2022.